Tuesday, October 04, 2005

Does science have limits?

Currently scientists do not know how to observe what goes on at very small scales (inside Planck lengths). And scientists do not know if matter can travel faster than light (tachyons notwithstanding). Scientists do not know what (if anything) lies outside of the known Universe, and if there is anything outside of the known Universe should that be considered as part of this Universe. Scientists do not know how to look inside the event horizon of a black hole and to observe a singularity (if such things exist).

Will these things ever be known or does the scientific method have limits?

In these places could be great wonders and miracles that the scientific method could never say anything about.

Science has singularly failed to measure God, or the soul. Or Heaven or Hell. But there are places (see above) where science has yet to penetrate. Perhaps it never will.

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